Shoulder Fellowship
Expressions of interest by email are encouraged. Please email Kenneth Cutbush using the expression of interest form below.
Ideally, the expression of interest would include a curriculum vitae, a covering letter (preferably giving some insight into the applicant’s interest in shoulder surgery, their desire to undertake the fellowship and their future career hopes) and referees with email addresses and phone numbers.
A/Professor Cutbush is Chief Supervisor of three Fellowships in Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty, and one Research Fellowship. These fellowships are accredited with the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA).
The principal supervisor of the fellowships is A/Professor Ken Cutbush and the co-supervisor is Dr Praveen Vijaysegaran.
The fellowship gives exposure to advanced arthroscopic shoulder surgery and shoulder arthroplasty. Fellows will receive training in all aspects of shoulder surgery. The training will encompass arthroscopic rotator cuff repair including revision surgery and superior capsular reconstruction; instability surgery and arthroscopic bone block procedures, including arthroscopic posterior bone block and arthroscopic latarjet surgery.
The fellow will gain exposure to arthroscopic reconstruction procedures for AC joint instability, both chronic and acute; tendon transfers as isolated procedures and combined with shoulder replacement; postoperative and post-traumatic surgical release of contractures including for joint replacement surgery; frozen shoulder release; brachial plexus release and dissection; reconstruction of profound axillary, suprascapular and musculocutaneous nerve injuries using nerve transfers; and shoulder fusions.
It is the aim of the fellowship that the fellow will develop a high level of competency in, and an affinity for, shoulder surgery.
The shoulder fellow works at St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital. There is a robust research link to the Queensland University of Technology.
Current fellows
- Dr Rohit Sane, India
- Dr Noemi Zaffaroni, Italy
- Dr Anand Ashok Kumar, India
Previous fellows
2024
- Dr Rachel Price, Wellington, New Zealand
- Dr Wu Kang, Malaysia
- Dr Christopher Child, Germany
- Dr Mirek Karel, the Netherlands
2023
- Dr Helen Ingoe, United Kingdom
- Dr Mohammad Jomaa, Lebanon
- Dr Roberto Pareyón Valero, Mexico
2022
- Dr Freek Hollman, the Netherlands
- Dr Mani Singh, Nepal
2021
- Dr Ridzwan Namazie, Auckland, New Zealand
- Dr Kathirazhagan Stalin, India
2020
- Dr Andrew Ker, Glasgow, Scotland
- Dr Bart-Jan Veen, Groningen, the Netherlands
2019
- Dr Naghman Choudhry, Manchester, England
- Dr Praveen Vijaysegaran, Brisbane, Australia
- Dr Kristine Italia, Manila, Philippines
- Dr Rishi Narasimhan, Newcastle, Australia
- Dr Jillian Lee, Auckland, New Zealand
- Dr Noel Peter, Oxford, England
- Dr Kieran Hirpara, Dublin, Ireland
There is a broad exposure to shoulder surgery as well as a strong research focus. Fellows are encouraged to publish and are supported in their endeavours by several research assistants. Support for airfares and conference registration fees is available for fellows to present scientific papers. Fellows are well supervised with clinical work by Dr Kenneth Cutbush.
There are three Australian Orthopaedic Association accredited fellowship positions and one research position. Fellows are usually appointed for 12 months, however 6 month positions are possible.
We aim to appoint fellows 12 to 24 months in advance. We usually interview candidates well before the selection so that we and the potential fellows can get a feel for how well we might work together.
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